Palestinian Authority

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/pa-and-other-arab-reactions-to-the-gaza-crisis The most striking aspect of ongoing Arab reactions to the latest Hamas-Israeli clashes is an act of omission: the Palestinian Authority (PA) and President Mahmoud Abbas are not calling for Hamas to stop firing...

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation No. 644      This article is part of the forthcoming Jerusalem Center research report: The Gaza War 2021: The Iranian and Hamas Attack on Israel. The...

BLINKEN'S SCOREBOARD "actions that could raise tensions" - 4 for Israel 1 for Palestinians (no mention of Palestinian violence) Dr. Aaron Lerner 27 March 2022 BLINKEN'S SCOREBOARD "actions that could raise tensions": ISRAEL: 1. Settlement expansion 2. Settler violence 3. Demolitions 4....

Even though MK Itamar Ben-Gvir has yet to be officially appointed as public security minister, MKs from the incoming opposition are already busy trying to topple him. They are giving advance warning of what...

A little review of history sheds some light on the predicament that Israel now finds itself facing. In the beginning comments of Chapter 9 of Nathan C. Belth’s book A Promise to Keep (Times Books, 1979), an apparent devastating conclusion of a 1968 UNESCO study of the textbooks used in the United...

Media in Syria have published documentation of Russian military patrols and a new military position, joining other positions near the border with Israel. A Syrian opposition source to KAN news said: "If Israel thinks that these positions will...

While the Camp David talks were still in progress it was evident from the PA media that the talks were headed for failure. Had Arafat intended to move toward Barak and from his traditional...

Summary and Analysis The Voice of Palestine continues to emphasize Palestinian deaths and casualties, focusing on graphic accounts of injuries (e.g. "Israeli bullets struck his heart" or "occupation bullets pierced his eye"-from November 6, 9...

Summary and analysis The Voice of Palestine has given relatively little coverage to the Clinton-Arafat meeting Thursday afternoon beyond a recitation of Palestinian positions. There were no descriptions of the tone of conversations or of...

Special Bulletin, 9 p.m., Israel Election Night Summary and Analysis Already at 9 p.m. V.O.P. quoted Danish reports that Ariel Sharon had won the Israeli elections, but it noted that a final result would come with...